James lowe ebskine



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J. L. ERSKINE. SHAVINGBRUSH.

Patented Feb. 15,1887.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES LOVE ERSKINE, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

SHAVlNG-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,983, dated Februaryl5, 1887.

.Application filed Juno 14, 1886. Serial No. 205,049.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs LOWE ERsKINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements inShaving-Brushes, of which the 'following is a specification, referi encebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to shavingbrushes; and the object of myimprovements is to devise a handle which will vprevent any excess oflather or water taken up by the brush from iiowing down upon the fingersand wrist of the operator.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a shaving-brushfurnished with my improved handle; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same,and Fig. 3 a view illustrating a slight modification.

Similar letters indicate similar parts.

In the drawings, A represents the handle; B,the drip-cup; C, theferrule, and D the bunch of bristles forming the brush.

The handle A is made hollow with perforations b in the rim. The handleprojects beyond the encircling portion of the drip-cup B to an extentsufficient to allow the ferrule C to be screwed upon it without coveringthe perforations b.

Shaving-brushes heretofore manufactured have not been provided with anyarrangement for shielding the hand of the user from the overplusmoisture of the brush. My improvements are designed to secure this endand render the operation more cleanly and comfortable to the personshaving.

It is clear that when a brush made according to my improved design istaken from the lather any surplus liquid will flow downward into thedrip-cup B, and be there retained in most of the positions which thebrush assumes when being used to apply the lather. To secure thisretention the sphcroidal shape of the cup B is especially adapted, andis for that reason selected in preference to any other.

The chamber a in the handle A, being connected with the interior of thedrip-cup by the perforations b, enlarges its capacity for receiving theexcess of liquid and facilitates the retention thereof. In this chambera sponge or equivalent material, E, :may be inserted finds its way intothe handle.

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Vhen the brush is replaced in the shavingcup the gathered liquid in thehandle will flow down through the perforations out of the dripcup B andback again into the lather.

The perforations b may be made in the rim of the ferrule G below thescrew-threads, instead of in the rim of the handle, as shown in thedrawings.

In Fig. 3, the cup and ferrule being in such case preferably madeintegral, the ferrule Gis connected with the projecting neck of thehandle by means of screw-threads. It is thereby easily detached, and theinterior of the handle more readily cleansed from deposits of soapymatter.I If desired, the ferrule C can be made non-detachable, and thesponge or equivalent material inserted into the chamber a beforesecuring the bristles in said ferrulc.

The parts A, B, and G may be made of any suitable material, and theirgeneral shape varied to suit the taste of purchasers.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. A shaving-brushcomposed of the hollow handle A, having the perforations I), the dripcupB, and the bristleearrying ferrule C, all constructed, combined, andarranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described andshown.

2. In a brush, the combination, with a hollow handle, of a drip-cupsecured thereto and separated a distance therefrom to form an annularchamber, substantially as described, whereby it is adapted to collectthe drip and discharge the same into the hollow handle.

3. The combination, in a shaving-brush, of a handle provided with achamber, c, sponge E therein, bristlecarrying ferrule C, attached to theend ofthe handle, and drip-cup B, secured to the handle andcommunicating with chamber a, substantially as described and shown.

4. In combination with a hollow handle, a cup secured thereto, and abristle-carrying ferrule attached to the handle centrally Within thecup, the annular chamber thus formed communicating with the hollowhandle, substantially as described.

JAMES LOVE ERSKINE.

\Vitnesses:

JULiUs GOLDMAN, J. ALEXANDER KooNEs.

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